150 The Artificial Seed-Myth Hath Blossomed

When Reed entered the main bridge, every officer present in the room stood up and saluted him. More than a dozen Avunian crewmen bowed their heads and then gazed straight at Reed with their glowing eyes. 

It was a customary salute that had been created several thousand years ago when the Avunians acquired their affinity for Anima. They had given Reed a salute he had not many years.

Both the Seers, Avunians who possessed the ocular mutation that allowed them to perceive the shadow of the soul, and Sirens, who possessed the extrasensory ability to detect Anima fluctuations with their long, glowing hair, reacted strongly when they noticed him enter the main bridge.